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Lounge
Lounge
The Images Lounge is located in the storefront space immediately adjacent to and contiguous with the Images lobby. The cinema lounge will be used in turn as a bar, a screening room, and a community space.
The Images Lounge is open daily 4 - 8pm. Drinks and snacks are served out of the box office.
Bartender hours are Thursdays 5 to 10pm, Fridays and Saturday 5-11pm.
Lounge Events
The Images Lounge is host to a variety of community activities. Visit the Lounge Events
page for a full listing!
Bar Menu
We are excited to offer a tastefully curated and elevated menu, which is available for bringing into the auditorium as well as in the lounge. This menu celebrates the farm-to-table spirit of the Berkshires, highlighting local producers whenever possible:LOCAL SPIRITS
Village Garage Distillery
The Distillery at Greylock Works
BEER Currently featured breweries: Athletic Brewing (CT), Hot Plate Brewing (Pittsfield, MA), Bright Ideas Brewing (North Adams, MA), Big Elm Brewing (Sheffield, MA)
CIDER Currently featured cideries: Champlain Cider (VT), Berkshire Cider Project (North Adams, MA)
WINE Currently featured vintners: Underwood (OR), Coto de Gomariz (Galicia, Spain), Florian Le Capitaine (Loire Valley, France), Jean-Marc Burgaud (Beaujolais, France), Henri Bourgeois (Sancerre, France), Alpataco (Patagonia, Argentina), Le Fraghe (Veneto, Italy), Michel Redde et Fils (Loire, France)
READY TO DRINK COCKTAILS Classic Margarita made with Hornitos Plata tequila, Mai Tai made with Cruzan rum, Old Fashioned with Knob Creek bourbon, Cosmopolitan with Effen vodka.
READY TO DRINK MOCKTAILS Phony Negroni, Clever G+T
A full menu of cocktails and local spirits available during bartender hours, Fridays and Saturdays, 6pm-11pm. !
Screening Room
Our screening room is ready for all manner of public and private screenings, and comes fully equipped with Proludio and Blu-Ray/DVD for HD playback. Our 7.1 surround sound in top-of-the-line Polk Signature audio provides an immersive experience, and you can stream or AirPlay content via our 4K AppleTV. For ticketed public events in the lounge, please see our “Now Screening” page and look for the “Lounge” Badge. Screenings coming in June!Rental Options
Rentals
This incredibly designed and detailed space could be yours for an afternoon, evening, or even a whole series of events! Please fill out the form below to get in touch with a member of our team. We are able to accommodate more last minute requests for the lounge than we are for our main auditorium.
Note: rental rates are available to be waived if your party meets a food and beverage minimum. F&B minimums dependent upon day/time of rental request.
DISCOUNTS AVAILABLE
MEMBERS ONLY
- 10% off for Cinephile, New Wave, and New Wave Duo members
- 20% off for Star, Director, and Producer members
AVAILABLE TO ALL
- 10% off for charities, 501(c)3 non-profits, and educational use
- $50 off per event for series and festivals with 3-5 events
- $100 off per event for series and festivals with 6+ events
Please visit our Rentals page to make an inquiry.
COMMUNITY EVENTS
Images Cinema is open to proposals from the community for additional ways in which to use the lounge. Do you have an idea for a workshop series? Looking to start a movie discussion series? Have a club that needs a gathering space? Please submit an inquiry via the form below and a member of our staff will get in touch with you. Please note that renting out the space remains an option if the staff determines that is a better fit for your proposal.[email protected]
Rental Rates
Rental Rates
Must buy-out bar, staff will provide quote
Non-Screening $85/hr | Screening $115/hr
Non-Screening $105/hr | Screening $135/hr
Non-Screening $65/hr | Screening $95/hr
Thanks
THANK YOU
Images Cinema is grateful to the following artisans and contractors for their careful and considerate work, many of whom offered a discount or contributed labor and/or materials pro bono:
Adam Ross Cut Stone
Alex Carlisle
Bennington House of Tile and Carpet
Broadwell Carpentry
Burr and McCallum Architects
Gigliotti Electric
Marc DeSanty Plumbing & Heating LLC
Overtime Tile
Practical and Fabulous Stitchery
ShadowBrook Custom Cabinetry
Images Cinema is additionally grateful to the Storefront Taskforce, who worked diligently over a period of nearly a year to conceive, design, and build this space, including Wit McKay, Ann McCallum, Dan Hudson, Janet Curran, Anne Kennedy, Richard Morgenthal, Matthew Brogan, Nina Zacek Konsa, and Jeana Fermi Choi.
Finally, Images Cinema is especially grateful to its Board of Directors, Community Advisory Board, and other select donors who contributed the funds necessary to complete this new asset for the community. The lounge was also built with the support of a Flynt Grant award, a fund administered by the Williamstown Community Chest.
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Your community-based movie theater.
A Berkshire tradition for over 100 years, Images Cinema is a non-profit, community-supported movie theater that celebrates film as an art form, a source of entertainment and learning, and a means to cultivate an engaged community.
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